Statues of Ayush, the Buddha of Longevity

Countless statues of Ayush, the Buddha of Longevity decorate the walls

of the Gandantegchinlen Khiid Monastery in Ulaanbaatar.

Just Beutiful!. Its pathetic pictures of this caliber get shitty ratings and hardly any notice. On the other hand some quite ordinary ones get enormous attention. Looks like one must do some networking too!

Really wonderful - it deserves a place in a book - and certainly deserves higher rates than the one it got.

it is a book initself! KArl, as i said earlier has this touch of a magician. i spent two days, photographing with him in Lahore and i was amazed to see the lust, energy and ability to be at the right place at the right time. his urge to shoot is insatiable and his skill unbound, like his imagination. such profound work is never judged by ratings. it is everlasting and lives through the ages. regards!

Karl, that is a fine tribute from an excellent photographer. I am an admirer of your images. Very good exposure,colours ,light & cropping.Best regards.

Which mode, which lens?

Daily it is interesting to know that you are interested in technical details. The photo was shot in RAW and high quality JPG in different setting modes, plastic lense 50mm 1:1.8, aperture 8, time 2.5 sec ISO 640.

I entered the monastery as the last guest in the evening and I went streight to the place which I had identified earlier. There I removed assiduously the glass vitrine under the stunning and somehow shocked eyes of the watchman and a lama and started taking some shots with the camera on the tripod without flash. When they saw the first result in the display they accepted my unusual doing and let me do my work-... ;-) Bayartlaa, bayartai. Karl

Thank you, parallel to my "ignoring all dates" being I am most interested in technics :-))

A good story, I am lucky having asked you this question!

But now I have also a question: The setting and the lens I used here are quite different from most of my photos. Why did you ask your question specially for this photo? Karl

Because of the plastic-lens...

Which I bought because it was too sharp!!! for someone else :-)) Karl